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Second World War Newsreels

In five pages the Second World War's black and white newsreels are examined in terms of their historical importance and also discu...

Poetic Concepts of Writer Maya Angelou

Angelou addresses the concept of oppression among the black race, coming forth to stand as a twentieth century hero to her heritag...

African American Women Playwrights

In five pages the ways in which black female playwrights confront sexist behaviors and conventional stereotypes in their female ch...

Racism as Viewed by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois

Racism as presented in the Atlantic Compromise address of Booker T. Washington and The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois is co...

Hunted or Haunted Protagonists in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper examines how Nathaniel Hawthorne's protagonists are either hunted or haunted in the novel The Scarlet Let...

Racism and Culture Defined in 'The Souls of Black Folk' by W.E.B. Du Bois

to keep at least a semblance of their culture together. In fact, there has been somewhat of a movement to restore black culture in...

Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice

In five pages this paper analyzes Eldridge Cleaver's autobiography in terms of how it portrays 1960s' 'Black Power.' Five sourc...

Resistance and Stereotypes in the Poems of Grace Nichols

In five pages Grace Nichol's poetry is examined in terms of the images of resistance and stereotypes they employ with a discussion...

Gifted Education Programs and Students

In five pages this paper examines students and gifted education programs in a consideration of disproportionate representation of ...

Ethnic and Racial Construction Of 'Caribbeanness'

In ten pages the texts I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde and Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys are referred to in a disc...

Influence of the Black Church on America and Civil Rights

In seven pages this paper examines the influence the Black Church as exerted on the United States and on the civil rights movement...

Identity and Politics in An African-Nicaraguan Community

A 6 page review of the book by Edmund Gordon. The focus is on the downfall of the Sandinista regime. A brief history of Nicaragu...

Black Mountain Poets Robert Duncan and Charles Olson

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the words, movement, and music of Black Mountain poets Robert Duncan and Charles O...

Rise and Local Influence of the Black Panther Party

In twenty pages this paper discusses the rise of Huey Newton and Bobby Seale's Black Panther party tracing back its 1966 origins, ...

Richard Wright and 4 Short Stories

In seven pages the assessments of 3 critics are applied to the Richard Wright short stories 'The Man Who Lived Underground,' 'Long...

Race Relations, Slavery, and the U.S. Civil War

In twenty five pages this paper examines the slavery and race issues that culminated in the U.S. Civil War and examines the Jim Cr...

Our Kind of People Inside America's Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham

and fascinating experiences of upper-class blacks who grew up with privilege and power. Previously known for his provocative New Y...

Literary Satire

In 5 pages literary satire through history is examined in a discussion of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, As You Like It by William Sh...

Huck Finn and Pudd'nhead Wilson, issues of Racism

This research paper offers a detailed analysis of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson...

Human Nature as Defined by Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper compares Frederick Douglass's definition of human nature with that of the Black Codes, Jefferson Davis, a...

Being Black in the US and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and The Confessions of Nat Turner

These texts are contrasted and compared in an assessment of what being black in the US means in five pages. Two sources are cited...

The Black Experience Before and After the American Civil War

6 pages and 5 sources. This paper outlines the experiences of Black Americans before and after 1865, relating to the changes that...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories and the Theme of Temptation

In six pages this paper examines how temptation is featured in the Hawthorne short stories 'Young Goodman Brown,' 'The Minister's ...

Works of Tennessee Williams and the Theme of Sexuality

In five pages this paper discusses how sexuality is thematically portrayed in Tennessee Williams' short story 'Desire and the Blac...

Africa and Nation State Curse

In five pages this paper discusses how the nation state has cursed Africa in a consideration of Basil Davidson's Black Man's Burde...

Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

In ten pages this paper discusses Langston Hughes' 1930 novel debut and analyzes the author's use of speech to convey 'black humor...

Taste of Power by Elaine Brown

influenced the 1974 election victory of Jerry Brown for governor of California. However, in the process, Brown had to overcome vir...

The African-American Experience in the Short Story - James Baldwin and Langston Hughes Compared

This research report compares and contrasts the works of these two black authors. Short stories are discussed which look at how th...

Comparison of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

In a paper consisting of 7 pages the poems in these two works are compared and include variations of 'Little Girl Lost' and 'The C...

The Jim Crow Laws and Black Education

essentially starting from "ground zero," educationally speaking. In the South, it was actually illegal to teach slaves how to read...